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tonight, i want to express our thoughts and prayers that everyone affected by this terrible tragedy in newtown, connecticut. our words can do little to ease your pain. but you know this. we are with you in this incredibly difficult time. and recognize that you are who we are thinking about, even as we try to focus on our work today. so as for the markets, it was another weak day. dow dipped 36 points. s&p gave up .41%. nasdaq declined .70. a lot of that again because of apple. you know the drill as we head into the weekend. i'm not expecting to hear any progress on the fiscal cliff. but you know, i always watch the sunday morning talk shows now very closely and i'm looking for some politicians saying something encouraging. what does encouraging mean? it means a republican uttering the two words tax increase without the word no before it. and the democrats uttering two words, spending cuts, without the word no before them. neither seems to be able to pull off that syntax, though. at this point i think we've got to assume that the washington people, they can't get it together. we've got to gird
tonight, i want to express our thoughts and prayers that everyone affected by this terrible tragedy in newtown, connecticut. our words can do little to ease your pain. but you know this. we are with you in this incredibly difficult time. and recognize that you are who we are thinking about, even as we try to focus on our work today. so as for the markets, it was another weak day. dow dipped 36 points. s&p gave up .41%. nasdaq declined .70. a lot of that again because of apple. you know the...
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along with gun control video game toronto and center in the wake of the newtown shooting. the shooter was a big video game player. the effects can be detrimental. >> very often these men have had an almost hypnotic involvement in some sort of violence in our entertainment culture, particularly violent video games, then they obtain guns. >> all right. serious topic. julia borsten with us. julia, break down some of the numbers around this industry. >> well, brian, need less to say adam lanza wasn't the only young man to spend his time playing violent video games. in know the top three were violent games where the player is a shooter and his challenge is to kill of the most popular video game franchise of all time is one adam lanza spent hours playing every day, call of duty. the most recent version of the game made $1 billion in november with more than 150 million hours logged playing the game on xbox live and playstation network. various studies have london, england, violent video game playing to higher levels of aggression. we've reached out to all the major video game com
along with gun control video game toronto and center in the wake of the newtown shooting. the shooter was a big video game player. the effects can be detrimental. >> very often these men have had an almost hypnotic involvement in some sort of violence in our entertainment culture, particularly violent video games, then they obtain guns. >> all right. serious topic. julia borsten with us. julia, break down some of the numbers around this industry. >> well, brian, need less to...
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. >> officials in newtown, connecticut have come up with mj novel idea for what to do with all of the momentos sent po-to-pay tribute to the victims of the shooting. display will stay at the memorial that sprung up outside sandy hook until after the new year. afterwards officials say yimts will be turned into soil that will be used to make building blocks of a permanent memorial at the site. >> and coming up next, experts have warned about the climbing -- declining childhood obesity rates. research suggests we may be starting the year in a new direction. >> a son's christmas gift turned out to be mer than just this hat. the priceless reaction when he looked inside. >> >>> trending online today a father's priceless reaction to a christmas gift. >> yes this, is great. his son gave him a hat but real surprise came when he asked his kad to look inside of the hat. >> we're going to game! we're going to the game scla sclam -- game! >> how cute is that. look at his face. he and his son are go together bcs championship game. >> yes. they're from alabama ask tickets to the title game are hard
. >> officials in newtown, connecticut have come up with mj novel idea for what to do with all of the momentos sent po-to-pay tribute to the victims of the shooting. display will stay at the memorial that sprung up outside sandy hook until after the new year. afterwards officials say yimts will be turned into soil that will be used to make building blocks of a permanent memorial at the site. >> and coming up next, experts have warned about the climbing -- declining childhood obesity...
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in newtown, conn. in memory of 26 lives lost a week ago today at sandy hook elementary school. connecticut governor daniel malloy leading a moment of silence as tomorrow held all over the country including at the national cathedral in washington. a funeral being held at the national cathedral for the late senator daniel inouye. leaders from the house and senate on hand to remember the second largest serving senator in u.s. history. he died monday, he was 88 years old. those are your headlines. dennis: thank you. the biggest names in financial services and credit cards having a bad day, our next guest says not to worry because credit cards have legs. we are joined by chris from stifle nicholas. yesterday you upgraded discover and you also like mastercard and visa. >> i do. discover had a pretty interesting quarter, stocks sold off pretty harder and miss the earnings number but beneath the surface signs that growth is picking up, and a little over 6% spending growth and gaining a lot of share in what app
in newtown, conn. in memory of 26 lives lost a week ago today at sandy hook elementary school. connecticut governor daniel malloy leading a moment of silence as tomorrow held all over the country including at the national cathedral in washington. a funeral being held at the national cathedral for the late senator daniel inouye. leaders from the house and senate on hand to remember the second largest serving senator in u.s. history. he died monday, he was 88 years old. those are your headlines....
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was it some sentiment that came out of the newtown tragedy? it's hard to say. >> but it may be a combination of all of those. we got a sense from the guests we brought on earlier this week, on monday, that it was not a great holiday selling season, as we ended the last day before christmas. and all those may be the reasons, carl. i'm positive i didn't think people really understood the fiscal cliff. i may have been wrong. perhaps it was something that weighed on people's minds. the weather always at issue. it could actually have been warmer weather as well that contributed. we've had some analysts say that because people don't feel they have to go out and buy a coat. >> because it will never get cold again. >> except today, when it's 28 degrees. we'll see how after christmas does. internet also, it doesn't appear as online sales are up as p as anticipated. and perhaps they made up for the loss of the brick and mortar. >> you were pointing out before the show, luxury was not immune to this. you would think it would be more in tune to the conseq
was it some sentiment that came out of the newtown tragedy? it's hard to say. >> but it may be a combination of all of those. we got a sense from the guests we brought on earlier this week, on monday, that it was not a great holiday selling season, as we ended the last day before christmas. and all those may be the reasons, carl. i'm positive i didn't think people really understood the fiscal cliff. i may have been wrong. perhaps it was something that weighed on people's minds. the...